Ryan Mendes

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Mendes and the second or paternal family name is da Graça.

Ryan Mendes

Personal information
Full name	Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graça
Date of birth	(1990-01-08) 8 January 1990
Place of birth	Mindelo, Cape Verde
Height
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Nottingham Forest (on loan from Lille)
Number	15
Youth career
	Batuque FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2012	Le Havre	84	(19)
2012–	Lille	47	(7)
2015–	→ Nottingham Forest (loan)	18	(2)
International career‡
2006	Cape Verde U-16	9	(2)
2007	Cape Verde U-21	8	(1)
2010–	Cape Verde	19	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 January 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2014

Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graça (born 8 January 1990 in Mindelo, São Vicente) is a Cape Verdean football winger who plays for Nottingham Forest in the Championship.

Career

Mendes began his career with Batuque FC and in 2008 was sold to Le Havre AC, with whom he played his first game in Ligue 1 on 13 May 2009 against AS Saint-Étienne.

On 4 September 2015, he joined English side Nottingham Forest on a season long loan. On 24 September 2015 he scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw with Huddersfield Town.

International career

He is also member of the Cape Verde U-21 national team and played formerly with the U-16 on an International Tournament for Under-16 years old players in Gonfreville-L'Orcher.

Career statistics

As of 13 January 2016

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Le Havre	2008–09	Ligue 1	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2009–10	Ligue 2	14	0	0	0	1	0	—		15	0
	2010–11	Ligue 2	32	4	0	0	2	0	—		34	4
	2011–12	Ligue 2	34	13	2	1	2	2	—		38	16
	2012–13	Ligue 2	3	2	0	0	0	0	—		3	2
	Total		84	19	2	1	5	2	—		91	22
Lille	2012–13	Ligue 1	9	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	12	2
	2013–14	Ligue 1	16	3	3	0	0	0	—		19	3
	2014–15	Ligue 1	19	2	0	0	2	0	10	1	31	3
	2015–16	Ligue 1	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
	Total		47	7	3	0	2	0	13	1	65	8
Nottingham Forest (loan)	2015–16	Championship	18	2	0	0	0	0	—		18	2
Career total			149	28	5	1	7	2	13	1	174	32

International goals

Scores and results list Cape Verde's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 October 2011	Estádio da Várzea, Praia	Zimbabwe	2–0	2–1	2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
2.	29 February 2012	Stade Municipal de Mahamasina, Antananarivo	Madagascar	1–0	4–0	2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
3.	16 June 2012	Estádio da Várzea, Praia	Madagascar	1–0	3–1	2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
4.				3–0